Golden Bough Archives - Bone and Sickle

Spirits of the Corn

October 2, 2022 boneandsickle Austria, ballads, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, Germany, Grimm, harvest, history, monsters, Noonday Witch, Rye Aunt, Scarecrows, superstition

Spirits of the corn (grain) fields from the United Kingdom to Russia have been imagined as embodiments of the harvest[…]

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Episode 2: Walpurgisnacht, Pt 2

April 25, 2018 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, horror, paganism, vampires, witchcraft

Become a Patron! In our second episode on the grim folklore of Walpurgisnacht — that is May Eve or April 30, St.[…]

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